Meter Meltdown Redux
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 1, 2009 3:20PM
Remember last week's downtown parking meter box meltdown? You know, the one caused by a "glitch"? Well, now comes speculation from The Parking Meter Geek that the whole thing could have been an intentional attack.
One former Dept. of Revenue employee and federally convicted hacker, is also not convinced the problem was an innocent "computer glitch"."I think it's possible (it was a hacker attack) but the tendency leans more toward orchestrated vandalism," says "Mr. Gauge," who makes his living in high tech. "The overall symptoms of what happened was an attack to bring down the machines by means of electronic interference."
Mr. Gauge says, based on the tight geographical area where these pay boxes were located in the Loop, gives further evidence to his theory.
"It seems like someone basically targeted an area over an evening or overnight, and were able to bring down the pay stations," explained Mr. Gauge.
Swing by his site (now part of the growing Chicago Now network) for the full background and story. While it might seem a bit out there, we're sucker for conspiracy theories and things of that ilk, so we'll buy it. Besides, isn't it easy to see Mayor Daley pontificating something like, "We must pay these new rates or the terrorists win"?